There's a rather amusing quote from Winston Churchill: "Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip". If there's anyone who embodies that quote, ...

Oscar Wilde was a theatrical Irish writer whose work was venerated in London in the 1890s. Wilde married in 1884 and had two children, but was sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty ...

Oscar Wilde, the subject of an illuminating and tragic new biography by Matthew Sturgis. (Napoleon Sarony / Universal History Archive / Getty Images) Oscar Wilde’s life reads almost like a perfectly ...

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In November 2022, an image of Irish author and poet Oscar Wilde, famous for the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray," circulated online alongside a quote he probably never uttered: "Always forgive your ...

Oscar Wilde, though married to a woman, preferred sex with men; he was convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years of hard labor in 1895 in what has become a landmark case in queer ...

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Everyone knows the story of Oscar Wilde. The legendary British playwright, renowned for his witty dialogue, was convicted of “gross indecency” in 1895, just months after the London premiere of his now ...

Oscar Wilde’s life reads almost like a perfectly formed work of art — one in which each early success bristles with portents of tragedy to come. Long before Wilde’s infamous libel case, his father ...